The editor of The Progressive Magazine and a former Republican state lawmaker had starkly different reactions to President Barack Obama's remarks earlier this week regarding religious extremism.

On Wednesday, Obama explained his administration’s response to violent attacks by the Islamic State group, also called ISIS, during a three-day Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. Obama emphasized that the United States is fighting violent extremism, not the religion of Islam.

Ruth Conniff, the editor of The Progressive, agrees with Obama’s distinction between religious extremists and the majority of Muslims.

"I think a lot of American Muslims are grateful for that statement because they don’t like...

After an announcement from Republican leadership that they would hold a special vote next week to make Wisconsin a right-to-work state, a spokeswoman for Gov. Scott Walker said the governor would sign the legislation.

Richard Monette, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says it's very likely that the Menominee Nation and Hard Rock International will take legal action to challenge the state's rejection of a proposed casino project.

The environmental group RePower Wisconsin says it's concerned that Mike Huebsch, Gov. Scott Walker's newest appointee to the Public Service Commission, will simply serve as a mouthpiece for the governor.

With the average age of the Wisconsin farmer now roughly 60 years old, a $1 million federal grant will help form a new apprenticeship program to grow the next generation of farmers in an effort to help preserve the state’s status as America’s Dairyland.

Methamphetamine labs and the health problems they pose have been a problem in northwestern Wisconsin for several years. But recently, drug dealers have been hawking a new designer drug imported from China that produces a similar high. John Vaudreuil U.S. Attorney's Office . It's called Alpha-PVP and is often called...

Supporters of a new moratorium on large-scale farms in Bayfield County say it gives the county more time to study risks and oversight that come with concentrated animal feeding operations, while opponents say it could negatively impact existing farmers.